Actually...
Lucas wasn't without effort, but after being humiliated a few times, he no longer dared to approach Himeko Murata, instead developing a knack for escaping.
Himeko Murata, like a bloodhound, would occasionally come to play cat and mouse with him.
He didn't want to be caught.
Lucas could only run with all his might.
If he couldn't escape, he could only find a way to die; he absolutely couldn't fall into Himeko Murata's hands.
...
Among the currently known Valkyries,
Himeko Murata was the only one who could directly see through the darkness.
Of course...
Perhaps other Yandere Valkyries had similar abilities, but they hadn't revealed them.
When Lucas first discovered this, he felt a deep despair, especially after being caught several times in a row, his mental state, which had stabilized after receiving psychological counseling from Aponia, once again teetered on the brink of collapse.
Fortunately, he was strong enough to pull through.
"I will never be caught by you."
After so many life-and-death situations, he was no longer the novice who would go weak in the knees at the sound of Himeko Murata's footsteps.
Without the slightest hesitation,
Lucas moved in the opposite direction of the footsteps.
Himeko Murata wouldn't quicken her pace; she was like a model walking a runway.
She always maintained a steady rhythm.
Neither fast nor slow.
Theoretically, as long as Lucas didn't stop, he wouldn't be caught by Himeko Murata.
But St. Freya Academy was too dangerous; sometimes, not stopping was impossible.
So how to escape?
This brings us to another concept.
Safe zones.
As long as Lucas could escape to a safe zone before Himeko Murata caught him, he could stop Himeko Murata's pursuit.
As for what constitutes a safe zone?
There were actually many.
The center of the Maze Garden, the rooftop of the teaching building; they all belonged to safe zones.
However, these places only worked if their original owners were present.
That is, Raiden Mei and Mobius.
Otherwise...
Himeko Murata wouldn't stop her invasion.
And the closest safe zone to Lucas right now was—the Martial Arts Arena!
The Faculty Dormitory and the Martial Arts Arena were in opposite directions.
And Himeko Murata was coming from the Faculty Dormitory side.
Lucas didn't hesitate; he headed straight for the Martial Arts Arena.
If his calculations were correct, the history teacher—Hua—should be practicing martial arts at the Martial Arts Arena right now.
Although Hua couldn't be like Sirin, who stayed true to her original intention and squatted in the trash can every day,
But...
Hua rarely missed her duties; she usually stayed in the Martial Arts Arena at night.
If she wasn't there,
Nine times out of ten, something big had happened.
Like a typhoon or a rainstorm, a natural disaster.
However...
Such abnormal situations usually occurred a week later; St. Freya Academy wouldn't have such things happening now.
Which meant—Hua must be in the Martial Arts Arena.
He quickly moved towards his destination.
Even wearing soft shoes,
Lucas didn't dare to run in the complete darkness; he could only walk quickly.
He would occasionally encounter Night Valkyries on the way.
At such times, he could only temporarily stop, waiting for the Night Valkyries to leave before continuing.
The crisp sound of footsteps grew closer.
Twenty meters, ten meters...
Himeko Murata followed behind Lucas, watching the fleeing figure ahead with interest, thinking, "My Lucas, you've really fallen for someone else, haven't you?"
"Heh heh, it's alright, I'll snatch you back."
Himeko Murata extended a fair, small hand to caress her smooth cheek, a sickly smile on her face.
The sadomasochistic Red-haired Onee-san was still wearing a black dress today.
This dress was quite revealing.
Enough to make a normal person unable to look away after just one glance.
The deep V in front revealed plump fairness, and the high slit of the skirt extended all the way to her waist, a slight movement of her legs revealing the alluring mysterious region.
Although this scene was breathtakingly beautiful, Lucas didn't want to see it at all.
After all...
Himeko Murata really liked to wear this outfit when she humiliated him.
Like stepping on him with the soles of her high heels, or whipping him with a leather whip, dripping candle wax, and even sitting on him like a chair.
Well, Himeko Murata's educational methods were actually not much different from Aponia's and Griseo's; the difference between them was that—she couldn't bear to kill Lucas.
After each 'education' session, she would even thoughtfully apply medicine to treat him.
It made him incredibly miserable.
As he walked, Lucas was discovered by a Night Valkyrie, who forcefully entered the man's field of vision.
Hmm...
If it weren't for Himeko Murata's footsteps behind him being more attention-grabbing,
The fast-walking Lucas would probably have been discovered by the Night Valkyrie much earlier.
But if it weren't for Himeko Murata,
Lucas wouldn't be rushing without a break; if he acted steadily, he would be hard to discover.
However, the sadomasochistic Red-haired Onee-san was following closely behind.
Compared to himself,
Himeko Murata wouldn't be attacked by the Night Valkyries, at least not before she reached Lucas's side.
Valkyries attacking each other, to put it bluntly, was to compete for a certain man.
The Night Valkyries would also fight because of this.
...
Lucas, having stopped, was now in a perilous situation, with a wolf in front and a tiger behind, and what was even more worrying was...
Once he was truly discovered, nearby Valkyries would accelerate their assembly.
Although he couldn't hear the footsteps of other Night Valkyries now,
But...
In at most a minute, those guys would definitely arrive here.
Looking at the Night Valkyrie in front of him, who was so excited she was twitching all over,
Lucas felt a bit of a toothache.
"It seems the path to the Martial Arts Arena will be even more dangerous now..."
If it were normal times,
Lucas could hide in a trash can, but with Himeko Murata tailing him,
Hiding in a trash can would only turn him into a lamb to the slaughter.
He didn't know if he could escape Himeko Murata's pursuit this time.
He could only try his best.
"I'll risk it!"
Lucas didn't care about anything else; he strode forward, pulling out pepper spray from his waist with his other hand.
In front of him was an unfamiliar Valkyrie.
Definitely a C-level.
As long as he launched a preemptive sneak attack, Lucas could use the pepper spray with his body enhanced by true qi.
Repelling a C-level Valkyrie on patrol was still no problem.
"Sizzle..."
The poor C-level Valkyrie on patrol was just about to transform when she was sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
Tears and snot flowed out simultaneously.
The C-level Valkyrie on patrol wailed, "Ah ah ah... my eyes, my eyes! Master is so heartless, so heartless..."
Lucas sprayed and then quietly slipped away from the side.
Coming gently, leaving gently, not taking a single cloud.
The commotion grew larger and larger, and more and more Night Valkyries gathered around.
In the Inner World version of St. Freya Academy,
Night Valkyries were very sensitive to sound.
Wherever a sound was made, nearby Night Valkyries would instinctively gather in that direction.
This situation was only weakened during the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.
Of course...
The gathered Night Valkyries would usually leave within half an hour and return to their original posts.
In just one minute,
Footsteps from all directions entered his ears.
The Night Valkyries nearby grew more numerous and denser.
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